document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=243185>Question 243185</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a wall is supported by a brace 10 feet long. if one end of the brace is placed 6 feet from the base of the wall, how man feet up the wall does the brace reach? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the wall and the floor forms a right angle (90 degrees), we can apply the Pythagorean theorem (where the brace is the hypotenuse).<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = distance (feet) the brace reaches up the wall<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 + 6^2 = 10^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 + 36 = 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 8 feet\r<BR>\n" );
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